page_title: Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace
section_title: Voyage of the Artémise
hierarchical_section_title: Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace / Voyage of the Artémise
caption_attribution_description: English: Frigate Artémise (1828) Français&#160;: La frégate L'Artémise entrant à Tanoa, après son échouage. La frégate l’Artémise sur laquelle Cyrille Laplace fit le tour du monde entre 1834 et 1836. Sa mission était de s’opposer à l’expansion anglaise en Océanie. Son navire s’échoua à Tahiti du 23 mars au 22 juin 1839. Laplace profita de ce contretemps pour signer avec PomareIV une convention garantissant la liberté du culte catholique.
context_page_description: Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace was a French navigator famous for his circumnavigation of the globe on board La Favorite. He was pivotal in the opening of French trade in the Pacific and was instrumental in the establishment of the Hawaiian Catholic Church. He achieved the rank of captain.
context_section_description: In 1837, Laplace once again undertook a voyage, this time as captain of the Artémise. The aim of this voyage was primarily political; Laplace delivered a manifesto on the treatment of Catholics in the Kingdom of Hawaii in July 1839 which came to be known as the Laplace Affair.
caption: La frégate L'Artémise entrant à Tanoa, après son échouage
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